BATON ROUGE – After leading the Tigers to the 2015 national championship, Golfweek's National Coach of the Year Chuck Winstead is set to be honored by the Greater New Orleans Sports Awards Committee as the Outstanding College Coach in the state of Louisiana as part of the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame Banquet on Aug. 8.

BATON ROUGE – Members of LSU's national champion men's golf team continue to shine while playing their summer schedules as sophomore All-American and All-SEC standout Eric Ricard earned a spot in the field for the United States Amateur Championship for the first time in his career as the top qualifier at Carter Plantation in Springfield last week.

BATON ROUGE – While LSU's senior All-American Ben Taylor was making his major championship debut at The 144th Open Championship at St. Andrews this week, former Tiger standout Andrew Loupe was back here in the United States earning his second career PGA TOUR top-10 finish by tying for sixth place at the Barbasol Championship in Opelika, Alabama.

BATON ROUGE – LSU's senior All-American Ben Taylor rebounded from an opening 10-over par 82 in Thursday's first round by firing a 1-over par 73 in Friday's second round to finish off his major championship debut with an appearance at The 144th Open Championship being held this week at The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews in Scotland.

BATON ROUGE – Just two weeks after earning his spot in the field at the Final Open Qualifier at Royal Cinque Ports on June 30, LSU senior All-American Ben Taylor will make his major championship debut on Thursday when he tees off in the first round of The 144th Open Championship returning to The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews this week.